widishadj.adv.
/ˈwʌɪdɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈwaɪdɪʃ/ Somewhat wide, fairly wide. Also occasionally as adv.: fairly widely.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > [adjective] > having great breadth or width > somewhat broad or wide
widish1728
broadish1793
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adverb] > with legs wide apart
stradlings1823
widish1828
straddle1857
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > condition or state of being inclusive > [adjective] > inclusive or comprehensive
largea1400
wide1534
capable1592
inclusive1604
comprehensive1614
all-comprehensive1650
complexive1654
diffused1658
comprehensional1673
perileptic1678
all-encompassing1805
unexcluding1822
widish1845
all-embracing1847
unexclusive1852
all-inclusive1858
broad1872
embracive1897
periscopic1912
wide-angle1932
umbrella1949
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [adjective] > exact, accurate > not
liberala1637
widish1845
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > general or prevalent
commona1325
generala1393
usual1396
popular?a1425
riveda1513
vulgarc1550
current1563
afloat1571
widespread1582
penny-rife1606
catholic1607
spacious1610
epidemical1614
epidemial1616
epidemic1617
prevailent1623
regnant1623
fashionablea1627
wide-spreading1655
endemical1658
prevalent1658
endemiala1682
obtaining1682
prevailing1682
endemious1684
sterling1696
running1697
(as) common as dirt (also muck)1737
prevailant1794
exoteric1814
endemic1852
widish1864
prolate1882
going1909
1728 Stamford Mercury 28 Nov. A black and white ruff Greyhound Bitch, with a very ruff Stern, and widish Ears.
c1780 Duchess of Devonshire in Daily News 27 Oct. 6/5 His hair..flattish at top—frizzed out widish on each side.
1828 Rep. Trial W. & J. Dyon at Castle of York 20 The man walked widish and turned his toes out.
1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain II. xii. 931 A widish interpretation of the laws of non-intervention.
1849 R. Curzon Visits to Monasteries Levant 298 The..rock..is separated from the end of a projecting line of mountains by a widish chasm.
1856 Proc. Zool. Soc. London 24 408 Head wideish, black; eyes ferruginous; a yellow mark on the dypeus, with many scattered punctures.
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. x. 408 Kind of Manuscript Newspaper..which seems to have had a widish circulation.
?1955 M. Stewart Madam, will you Talk? (1961) xxix. 186 The necessity for a good deal of foreign travel, made an excellent mask for the centre of a widish organization.
1991 Business Life May 27/3 Well-heeled English buyers..may well give the ornately wrought animals..a wideish berth.
2000 Times 3 Aug. i. 35/5 Brown had just imperiously struck Smethurst off the back foot to the extra cover boundary when he reached for a widish outswinger and edged to first slip.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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